Zzzzzzzzzz...............Brisbane is so boring!!! Ok guys I wont bore you with the details because there arent any, I hoped to come here and get a few things sorted with regards to heading further up the east coast, so I stupidly booked in for 4 nights, 1 night would have been enough. Brisbane really does not have anything here for you to do. The hostel is lovely though, its very modern, clean and easy to use but apart from that this place is dull. I am currently...

Sun, sand, drinks and an all round good time, I have reached Byron Bay! I got here 2 days ago and straight away you get the feel of something good happening here and I wasnt let down. Im staying at a hostel (my first hostel experience) and its awesome, people just want to party here all the dam time which is great but im getting a bit tired from it all, its hard work, haha. Im sharing a room with 3 other guys, Jason (Aus), Mikey (uk) Andreas (Austria), as soon as...

The boat was a huge speed boat and it's a good job I don't get sea sick as this thing was going so fast I swear we actually took off on a number of occasions. I arrive and check into a really sweat little guesthouse and book a few rooms as I had met some London lads that were coming over the next day to stay for a few days. Gili T is the biggest of the three with only 800 residents. The place is absolutely beautiful, the kind of scenes you would expect on a postc...

My flight from Padang to Bali is via Jakarta. I have decided to skip Java altogether in my travels as there has been flooding, riots and general unrest for a while now. So I just wait out the 6 hour transit in the airport with a drink and the 3 new books I have just purchased from the shop. Yes that's right people, I have been reading and bloody hell have I been getting through them. Two in four days! Anyway I finally arrive in Bali and grab a taxi to Kuta. I sel...

So I leave on the 7 hour drive to Bukittibnggi. I'm told that this place is beautiful with a volcanic lake and lots of scenery. The drive is absolutely horrific! Its dark, torrential rain and what has to have been the worst driver I have ever had the experience of being in a vehicle with. I arrive, slightly whiter in Bukittinggi. I quickly check into a hotel and crash for the night. The next day I pop to a local restaurant and get talking to the owner. He informs...